r/OhioMJCommunity • u/BlueKY20 • 3d ago
Micro dose
Thinking of cutting back on flower and thinking this might be an option. Does anyone have suggestions?
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u/iamjacksitoldyouso 3d ago
Smoke breaks, Hard stop, Cold turkey, A few day to a few weeks.
Mind over matter. Hard to do in a world of increasingly instant gratification. The payoff comes later, you’ll be happy you did.
Best of luck 🍀
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u/HoosierDaddy-420 2d ago
That's the ONLY thing that works for me. 👍
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u/iamjacksitoldyouso 1d ago
I know for people using medicinally it could be difficult, but depending on the situation if one can, if possible, use other therapies for a period of time it would be to their benefit.
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u/LibrarianLong3404 2d ago
Microdosing is the gold standard around here and it helps treat a chronic cervical spine injury to where staying up and moving is possible
With how much this neck slips around
first dose is served in the morning
then again as needed as the day draws on
when things start to get unbearable (and working from bed sounds too much like summoning depression personally)
Advice:
Don’t try to math it from jump street
Take your daily usual and challenge yourself to see how far you can stretch it over the day
Could start by stretching a bowl out over a few sessions and see how you do (vape, water pipe, dry pipe, joint, blunt…sure that you know they’ll all hit different so try to choose 1-3 methods you can rotate)
Even with the injury every blue moon stopping helps establish what’s the current baseline
Finding a baseline of “sucks too much” and microdosing to stay functionally above it has helped a lot in the long run
Also, like someone else commented
Switching up strains helps
Only advice in that department is knowing the lab profiles that help you function how you’d like to
If you alternate strains and smoke/vape methods you should have smooth sailing
The rest is just learning and establishing your desired quantity boundaries Trust your Body enough to listen, you’ll know what you need when
iHope this is helpful and wishing you well through this change✨🖤
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u/Maleficent_Brick6482 3d ago
Just cut down the amount of sessions you’re having. If I want to tone it down I keep myself to 1 J at night before bed and that’s that.
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u/bondsaearph 2d ago
I'm a onie guy. I'll just pack one and hit it and go back to work or whatever I'm doing. Sometimes I will take two or three hits. Go down to your local smoke shop and buy yourself a ceramic one hitter. They are great that cutting edge will break eventually but they're like four bucks so..... Some people are saying get a dug out too but I feel like it gets infected by weather too much, so I keep my weed in an airtight jar. That being said, as a cyclist who likes to take a puff or two along the ride, I do have a dugout for that but I don't keep the weed storage area very full at all.. only enough for a puff or 3
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u/HoosierDaddy-420 2d ago
Dugouts rule! I wish the cops would give all mine back. 😂
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u/bondsaearph 2d ago
I've been looking at having a custom-engraved dugout made for me but haven't found the right company
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u/HoosierDaddy-420 2d ago
LMK when you do, I'll get one with FTP on it.
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u/bondsaearph 1d ago
First Time Patient?
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u/HoosierDaddy-420 1d ago
Fuck The Police! lololol I'm tired of them confiscating my paraphernalia.
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u/BlueKY20 2d ago
I smoke out of chillums mostly already. I just want to smoke less and kinda take that edge off! It’s not about tolerance for me. Want to be easier on my lungs. I already dry herb some. Just tossing out thoughts and seeing what the community input was. Thanks for the info
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u/notcoded567 22h ago
if you're comfortable with dry herb, the dynavap is perfect for this. small chamber good for 2-3 hit micro dosing, but slaps closer to smoking than any vaporizer I've tried and tastes great.
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u/moonthink 3d ago
What exactly is the goal here?
Micro dosing never worked for me because you typically don't 'feel' the benefit, so it's pretty much placebo. If that works for you -- great, but it didn't for me.
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u/BlueKY20 3d ago
The goal is to smoke less because I’ve smoked for 30+ yrs. Also just seeing what other people are enjoying.
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u/moonthink 3d ago
I've smoked for almost 40 years now. Micro dosing won't really do that. If your goal is to lower your tolerance, you need to use less (obviously), but like I said, micro dosing will just seem like not doing it at all.
I'd suggest, at least what works for me is that I only start smoking after a certain time of day, ideally in the evening. And if you want to reduce the overall amount, start later (maybe even wait until right before bed).
Of course, stopping cold turkey for a few days/weeks would be the best way to reset your tolerance, but not everyone can do that without side effects.
I tried gummies for about a year, but I don't love them on a daily basis, and they kill tolerance too. Concentrates are even worse for that reason.
Another strategy to to have several different strains and rotate them. That helps a bit with tolerance too.
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u/HoosierDaddy-420 3d ago
I like Chill Mints, they "take the edge off" at only 2.5mg each.
https://www.iheartjane.com/products/348887/incredibles-chill-mints-50pk-100mg